Working at what?
CEO until 80 years old? Sure.
Paper pusher, manager, typist, engineer, accountant until you are 80? It’s possible. Most cushy office jobs lilke mine (Civil Engineer) can be done until your eyesight fails or you get extreme carpal tunnel.
Or Doctor/Veterinary until 80? Sure.
Dig ditches until you are 80? Really?
Hump steel as an ironworker until you are 80? Are you kidding me.
Do you want to be a waitress on your feet all day until 80 yrs old? Really?
Do you want to install HVAC components at 79 years old? Sounds like fun.
Do you want to be climing power poles at 81? Are you kidding?
How about hauling baskets on a crab boat at 82 yrs old? Not going to happen.
How about oil roughneck at 80 years old? No.
Long haul trucker at 80? Possibly but not if your eyesight/reaction time is bad or your bowels/prostate are shot.
You see, there are all manner of white collar jobs you can do at 70 years old, some of them at peak performance since your experience is at its peak.
But is this realistic for most blue collar jobs. Not on your life. And they are the ones that are paid less and save less and have worse benefits.
Just not going to happen. This is pure hooey. The article author is living in a white collar dream world where he can work till he drops. For a lot of people, they hit disability from back injuries and other work related causes, long before they drop.
Have some pity for them. They worked far harder than us white collar folks ever did.
Thanks, you expressed it a whole lot better than I. And not only is it a question of decent human compassion and awareness, it is a theme we cannot let the liberals hijack for themselves. “Working til you drop” may impress Thurston Howell III, but if conservatism gets too associated with it, we will lose. And we will deserve to lose if we cannot come up with a better future for our nation.